# ንጉሥ
## Amharic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś). Akin to Tigrinya ንጉስ (nəgus).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɨɡus/
* Hyphenation: ን‧ጉሥ

### Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) m (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))
* king, negus
* (chess) king

#### Coordinate terms

* ንግሥት (nəgəśt, “queen”)

#### Derived terms

* ንግሥት (nəgəśt)

#### Descendants

* → English: negus
* → French: négus
* → German: Negus
* → Italian: negus
* → Polish: negus
* → Sidamo: nugusa

### References

* Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ንጉሥ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
* Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 7

## Ge'ez
### Etymology

From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት (nägäśt) or ነገሥታት (nägäśtat))
* king
* duke, prince, prefect, satrap, tyrant, emperor

#### Declension

| Number | State | State | Case | Case |
| Number | State | State | nominative/genitive | accusative |
| singular | absolute | absolute | ንጉሥ (nəguś) | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) |
| singular | construct | construct | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ንጉሥየ (nəguśyä) | ንጉሥየ (nəguśyä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ንጉሥከ (nəguśkä) | ንጉሠከ (nəguśäkä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ንጉሥኪ (nəguśki) | ንጉሠኪ (nəguśäki) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ንጉሡ (nəguśu) | ንጉሦ (nəguśo) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ንጉሣ (nəguśa) | ንጉሣ (nəguśa) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ንጉሥነ (nəguśnä) | ንጉሠነ (nəguśänä) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ንጉሥክሙ (nəguśkəmu) | ንጉሠክሙ (nəguśäkmu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ንጉሥክን (nəguśkən) | ንጉሠክን (nəguśäkn) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ንጉሦሙ (nəguśomu) | ንጉሦሙ (nəguśomu) |
| singular | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ንጉሦን (nəguśon) | ንጉሦን (nəguśon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ነገሥት (nägäśt) | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥትየ (nägäśtəyä) | ነገሥትየ (nägäśtəyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ነገሥቲከ (nägäśtikä) | ነገሥቲከ (nägäśtikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ነገሥትኪ (nägäśtəki); ነገሥቲኪ (nägäśtiki) | ነገሥትኪ (nägäśtəki); ነገሥቲኪ (nägäśtiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ነገሥቲሁ (nägäśtihu) | ነገሥቲሁ (nägäśtihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ነገሥቲሃ (nägäśtiha) | ነገሥቲሃ (nägäśtiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ነገሥቲነ (nägäśtinä) | ነገሥቲነ (nägäśtinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ነገሥቲክሙ (nägäśtikmu) | ነገሥቲክሙ (nägäśtikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ነገሥቲክን (nägäśtikn) | ነገሥቲክን (nägäśtikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ነገሥቲሆሙ (nägäśtihomu) | ነገሥቲሆሙ (nägäśtihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ነገሥቲሆን (nägäśtihon) | ነገሥቲሆን (nägäśtihon) |
| plural | absolute | absolute | ነገሥታት (nägäśtat) | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) |
| plural | construct | construct | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥታትየ (nägäśtatyä) | ነገሥታትየ (nägäśtatyä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2ms | ነገሥታቲከ (nägäśtatikä) | ነገሥታቲከ (nägäśtatikä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fs | ነገሥታትኪ (nägäśtatki); ነገሥታቲኪ (nägäśtatiki) | ነገሥታትኪ (nägäśtatki); ነገሥታቲኪ (nägäśtatiki) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3ms | ነገሥታቲሁ (nägäśtatihu) | ነገሥታቲሁ (nägäśtatihu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fs | ነገሥታቲሃ (nägäśtatiha) | ነገሥታቲሃ (nägäśtatiha) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 1p | ነገሥታቲነ (nägäśtatinä) | ነገሥታቲነ (nägäśtatinä) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2mp | ነገሥታቲክሙ (nägäśtatikmu) | ነገሥታቲክሙ (nägäśtatikmu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 2fp | ነገሥታቲክን (nägäśtatikn) | ነገሥታቲክን (nägäśtatikn) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3mp | ነገሥታቲሆሙ (nägäśtatihomu) | ነገሥታቲሆሙ (nägäśtatihomu) |
| plural | With possessive pronouns | 3fp | ነገሥታቲሆን (nägäśtatihon) | ነገሥታቲሆን (nägäśtatihon) |

#### Descendants

* → Amharic: ንጉሥ (nəguś)
* → Tigrinya: ንጉስ (nəgus), ንጉሥ (nəguś)

### References

* Dillmann, August (1865) “ንጉሥ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

## Tigrinya
### Noun

ንጉሥ • (nəguś)
* Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)